Combination-chair.



J. C. PETERMAN.

COMBINATION CHAIR. APPLICATION man MAR. 2. 19:7.

Patented May 28,1918.

M. f. w moamtoz r snip JOHN G. PETERMAN, or oLNnY, PENNSYLVANIA.

ooMBINATIoN-oHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2 8, 1918.

Application am March 2, 1917. Serial No. arses.

T0 all'wh'om it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. PETERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olney, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combination- Chair, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in acombinatiion chair, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and efiect'ive device of this character, whereby two members which are utilized to form a walking high chair be separated and one member used as a nursery chair, and the other member as a walking chair, said members carrying means whereby they may be 'detachablyfastened together.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim. V

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may under stand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which Figure 1, is a front elevation of my improved combination chair showing it as a walking high chair.

Fig. 2, is a similar view of one of the members showing it used as a nursery chair, a ortion of the permanent seat being brollen away to show the hole therein.

Fig. 3, is a similar view of the other or lower member, showing the manner in which it is used as a walking chair.

Fig. 1, is a section at the line H of Fig. 1, a portion thereof being broken away to clearly illustrate the construction.

Fig. 5, is a view in elevation of the removable seat, looking at the under seat or face thereof.

Fig. 6, is an enlarged side elevation of the latch used for locking the members together.

Fig. 7, is a similar view at right angles to Fig. 6.

Fig. 8, is a perspective view of one of the catches secured to the lower member and adapted to engage the upper member.

Fig. 9, is a side elevation of the nursery chair having a portion thereof broken away to clearly illustrate the construction.

In carrying out my invention as here bodied 2 represents a high chair made up of two detachable members 3 and 4', the former being termed a nursery chair and the latter a walking chair. I

The walking chair or 'mei'nber i comprises a frame or rest 5, carrying legs '6 braced by suitable rounds 7, certain of said rounds having a strap 8 of leather or other suitable material secured thereto and supporting the front part of "a saddle 9, the rear 'porti'on of said saddle resting upon certain of the rounds 7. To the frame or rest '5 of the walking chair are secured two oppositely disposed catches 10 each preferably formed from a single strand of wire, said strand being bent at the central point 11, so as to form a pair of approximately parallel head strands 19, the wire thenbeing bent at right angles to the head strands to form the pair of approximately parallel uprights 13, each of which is bent at right angles approximately parallel with the head strands to formsh'aiiks 14 the outer ends of which "are bent approximately circular in shape to form eyes 15 through which suitable fastening means pass for securing the catches to the underface of the frame or rest 5, so that the tongues 16 of the catch formed by the head strands 12 other and overlie the frame or rest 5.

\The legs 6 of the walking chair may be provided with suitable means such as rolling or slipping casters 17, whereby the chair may be readily and easily moved about on the floor.

WVhen the walking chair is being used by a child the strap 8 is straddled to prevent the child from falling and the child may be further supported by restin its arms upon the frame or rest 5. By placing the feet upon the floor and supportin itself upon the chair as aforementioned, the child may walk about and push the chair along. Should the child become tired it may rest itself by sitting upon the saddle 9.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the upper member or nursery chair 3 and this consists of a frame 18 similar to the frame 5 of the walking chair, and this frame is provided with catch engaging grooves 19, one in each of the sides of the frame 18, and the noses of the catches are adapted to register with said project inward toward each grooves 19 when the frame 18 is placed upon the frame 5, and to prevent the withdrawal of the frame 18 from the frame 5, it provide a latch 20 shown in Figs. 6 and 7, which comprises a strand of wire having one end hent approximately in a circle to produce an eye "21 whereby said latch is secured to the inner face of the front portion of the frame 18 by suitable attaching means such as a screw, while the opposite end is bent over in any desirable shape as shown at 2:2 to form a fingerhold, whereby said latch may be swung hack and forth.

The frame l8 carries a. set of uprights 23 for supporting the permanent seat 2%, the same having a hole 25 therein, so that the same may be used as a toilet seat. This permanent seat supports a back 26 as well as the braces 27 on which rest the arms 28, the latter being secured to the back at their rear ends. 7

To the back 26 are pivoted the arms'29 of the tray 80, the latter when in use resting upon the arms 28. To the tray 30 are secured the drop catches 31, portions of which engage notches 32 in the ends of the arms 28 to prevent the tray from being accidentally *aised, while other portions of said catches are used as hangers for the cross bar 33, said cross bar adapted to lie or hang in closeprom imity to the childs lap or legs to prevent said child from slipping or sliding out of the chair underneath of the tray. Thesetwo members or chairs may he placed together and one looked to the other to produce a childs high chair as shown in Fig. 1, and when so used the supplementary or removable seat 3% shown in Fig. 5 is placed upon the permanent Qtwith the plug 35 situated in the hole 25, said plug being formed catches secured to the opposite outer edges of the rest frame each'havlng an inwardly projecting tongue overlying the frame, a nursery chair unit provided with a frame adapted to coaot with the frame of the wail:- ing chair, said frame having grooves in its side edges for registration with the tongues of the catches and a latch pivoted to the inner edge of the nursery chair frame and adapted to engage the inner edge of the walking chair frame to prevent accidental movement of the nursery chair unit with relation to the walking chair unit.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JQHN C. PETERMAN ZVitnesses Cries. Gamma JOHN 0. hurricane by addressing" @ernmissiener of Eatents, 

